Jean benoit granjon



(No Model.)

J. B. GRANJON. TROUSERS STRETGHER.

' Patented May 5,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEAN BENOIT GRANJON, OF LYONS, FRANCE.

TROUSERS-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,617, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed September 19, 1890.

Belgium February 28, 1890,110. 89,471; in Switzerland April 12, 1890, No 1,913,

Serial No. 365,514; (No model.) Patented in France November 9, 1889, No. 200,294; in

and in England May 30, 1890,1l0. 8,400.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEAN BENorr GRANJON, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Lyons, France, have invented an Improvement in Stretchers for Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

Letters Patent for-this invent-ion have been granted to me in the following countries: in France, deposited August 17, 1889, granted November 9, 1889, No. 200,254; in Belgium, deposited February 10, 1890, granted February28, 1890, No. 89,471; in Switzerland, deposited February 14, 1890, granted April 12, 1890, No. 1,913, and in Great Britain, dated May 30, 1890, No. 8,400.

I employlongitudinal stretcher-bars, one of which is rigid and the other flexible, and tubular cross links or bars that move telescopically one within the other are pivot-ally connected at their respective ends to these longitudinal bars, the outer tubes of the links being slotted and the inner tubes having pins working in the slots, whereby the tubes cannot separate, andI make use of helical springs within said tubular links to exert an expansive force.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, partially in section, of my improved stretcher. Fig. 2 is a separate view of the brace for holding the parts in position, and Fig. 3 is a section at the line w on.

Each cross link or bar T is made of two cylindrical tubular parts, the one sliding within the other and containing a helical expansive spring, as shown at 3, and the extent of movement is limited by pins 4, secured in one part and moving within slots in the other part of the tubular cross-link. The ends of these links are connected by pivotal joints to the respective longitudinal bars. The longitudinal bar B, forming one side of the stretcher, is rigid, and the other longitudinal bar I), forming the other side of the stretcher, is made sufficiently thin and narrow to be flexible, and the tubular cross links or bars T are pivotally connected at one end to the longitudinal bar B and at the other end to the longitudinal flexible bar I). These links or bars T are telescopic or slide one within the other, the outer tubes being slotted and the inner tubes having pins 4: working in said slots, whereby the tubes cannot separate, and the helical springs 3 are within said tubular links. The contour of the rigid bar B corresponds with that of one side of the garment to be stretched. The longitudinal bar I) is made sufficiently thin to be flexible, and such bar yields, and in connection with the telescopic links T said bar I) in use conforms to the curved shape and inequalities in width of the garment, and the springs 3 exert an expansive force lengthwise of the links and crosswise of the garment to stretch the trousers-leg to the proper shape. The stretcher is contracted widthwise by the parts being swung into the position indicated by dotted lines.

A brace D is represented as applied between one otthe cross-links T and the longitudinal bar B, such brace D being pivoted at one end to a clip passing around the cross-link T, and the other end of the brace is provided with a pin 6, having an enlarged base and working within the slot F of a plate G, that is fastened upon the surface'of the longitudinal bar B, and the end of the brace D is within a mortise or recess in such bar B; and it is preferable to make use of a spring 4" (see Fig. 3) to press the pin 6 outwardly, so that the enlarged base of the pin will be received into theenlarged end of the slot F to hold the parts with the cross-link T at right angles to the longitudinal bar B. Then the pin 6 is pressed back against the action of the spring 0* and its enlarged base pressed out of the slot, the link D can be slipped along the slot- F into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the crosslinks T and bar I) will then assume the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which position the stretcher will be closed.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with the longitudinal bars, of the cross-links pivotally united at their ends to such longitudinal bars and each cross-link made in two parts, one sliding telescopically within the other, and expansive springs within the cross-links for distending the stretcher, substantially as set forth.

2. The garmentstretcher formed 01 one longitudinally-rigid bar and a second longitudinal bar that is flexible, in combination with cross-links pivotally joined at their ends to the longitudinal bars, each link being in two sliding telescopic parts and provided with an expansive springl'or d istending the stretch er, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the longitudinal bars, of cross-links pivotally united at their ends to the longitudinal bars and each link made in two sliding telescopic parts with an expansive spring for distending the stretcher, and a pivoted brace for holding the parts in l position when the garment is distended, substantially as set forth.

The foregoing specification of my improvements in stretehers for trousers signed byine this 20th day of August, 1890.

JEAN BENOIl GRANJON.

Witnesses:

ALVIN RABILLOUD, GASION JEANNIAUX. 

